{"id":1625970,"date":"2022-08-29T17:49:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625970"},"modified":"2022-08-29T17:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:49:16","slug":"desantis-pulls-out-of-zeldin-fundraiser-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pulls-out-of-zeldin-fundraiser-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Pulls Out of Zeldin Fundraiser in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-pulls-out-of-zeldin-fundraiser-in-new-york%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625970&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-florida\">Florida<\/a> Gov. Ron DeSantis skipped a\u00a0$25,000-a-plate fundraiser for\u00a0New York gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) on Aug. 28 because of an \u201cunforeseen tragedy,\u201d according to a Zeldin spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn unforeseen tragedy forced Governor DeSantis to reschedule his trip to New York,\u201d Zeldin\u2019s spokeswoman, Katie Vincentz, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/28\/desantis-pulls-out-of-zeldin-fundraiser-over-unforeseen-tragedy\/?utm_campaign=applenews&amp;utm_medium=inline&amp;utm_source=applenews\">New York Post<\/a>. \u201cWhile we\u2019re rescheduling with Governor DeSantis for a later date, tonight\u2019s fundraiser will proceed and is expected to raise almost a million dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vincentz didn\u2019t elaborate on the circumstances, and neither DeSantis nor his team made a public comment about the specifics of the matter on Aug. 29.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for DeSantis pointed to the governor\u2019s schedule in\u00a0a comment to The Epoch Times later on Aug. 29. At 11 a.m., the governor was scheduled to attend a funeral in Miami for Jose Perez, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent who was killed in the line of duty, according to his schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Zeldin, a congressman from Long Island, is running against Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul, who was lieutenant governor until former Gov. Andrew Cuomo stepped down amid allegations of misconduct that he categorically denied.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Hochul has disparaged Florida and DeSantis. Several weeks ago, Hochul criticized that state during a Holocaust memorial event.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/05\/14\/Epoch_Times510A7903-1200x800.jpg\"><\/a> Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) speaks to media outlets while other impeachment defense team advisers look on, at the Capitol on Jan. 27, 2020. (Charlotte Cuthbertson\/The Epoch Times) <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to say to the 1.77 million Jews who call New York home: Thank you for calling New York home,\u201d Hochul said. \u201cDon\u2019t go anywhere or to another state. Florida is overrated \u2026 look at the governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When it was announced DeSantis would be heading to New York, state Democratic leaders criticized the move and attacked Zeldin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLee Zeldin and Ron DeSantis are not just any<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis skipped a\u00a0$25,000-a-plate fundraiser for\u00a0New York gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) on Aug. 28 because of an \u201cunforeseen tragedy,\u201d according to a Zeldin spokesperson. \u201cAn unforeseen tragedy forced Governor DeSantis to reschedule his trip to New York,\u201d Zeldin\u2019s spokeswoman, Katie Vincentz, told the New York Post. \u201cWhile we\u2019re rescheduling with Governor [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1625970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1625970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1625970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1625970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1625970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}